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Comment by Embar

Does not require heroic mode for these to drop. Oddly enough, I got them on my first run at 65 :)

Comment by Hunturn

As a hunter, I'm going for these and the Helm of Desolation, while filling the rest with Beast Lord.

Why?

Awesome +hit.

And socketing the meta gem on the desolation helm makes it pure imba :)

Comment by Rizzu

The reason you've never seen this pants drop is because it's a heroic drop, desolation is the hunters imp dungeon 3 set, supposibly better than beast lord, but personally i'm still leaning against it. The crits nice though

Comment by CL10283

If you honestly don't believe this is for hunters, then you need to learn your class roles again. Lack of agility? The only thing hunters need agility for is +crit, and items with high AP and crit are usually better than pure agility. +hit not for hunters? Then why is there a scope that gives +30 hit rating? Hunters miss like everyone else, and +hit is essential to our build. Good for warriors? Not with the int on there, it'd be a waste. I can see where this might be good for an enhancement shammy, but even then, a good portion of their damage comes from spells, so balanced spelldamage and AP gear is better for them. Quit hunter-hating

Comment by Kathucka

While these require level 68, they have an item level of 115, which implies that they have a stat budget the same as a level 70 blue item. They do have 570 armor, which is the same as a level 70 blue item.

The Desolation set spreads across quite a lot of difficulty. This piece can be gained by a level 68 character. The chestpiece requires a full clear of Old Hillsbrad Foothills on heroic, which is quite difficult even with well-geared characters.

Comment by LordRao

It might also be noting here that the entire set has been modified and now contains more Hit, Crit, and AP rather than spell damage. Hence it's clear Blizz made this set for hunters/enh.shammies and has the Tidefury set for Resto and Ele shammies. Fair enough, I should think.

Comment by Thebewilderedone

I have killed this boss OVER 30 times and this has NEVER dropped. I have killed him in both regular and heroic. WHAT THE HELL!!!!!

Comment by phyra

There are several comments saying that this does not give ranged attack power... yet when I click through wowhead to find the spell information it shows this. Effect #1 Apply Aura: Mod Attack PowerValue: 160Effect #2 Apply Aura: Mod Ranged Attack PowerValue: 160http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=37612

This sort of gives me the impression that perhaps you receive only one effect based on your class. Does any hunter have a screenshot of the proc?

Comment by KveldulfFenris

Currently, 2/6/2010, hunters can't roll need on this in cross-server lfg. So, if you want it, make sure you have a guildy running you through or something.

Comment by faeofwind

Outland Striders are a good match - took me quite a bit to sift through to find something that looked good in anticipation of Transmogrification!